Description of a storm in the Bay of Scanderoon, circa 1820.
Small sheet with a written description of a storm experienced in the Bay of Scanderoon (now Gulf of Iskenderun) in the Mediterranean. The darkness was followed by a vivid sunset and rainbow, as shown in a sketch on the reverse. The author and date are unknown, but this item may have been among the papers of Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell (1788-1873).
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/U/30; REG11/000343.2 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | circa 1820 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Transferred to PUS/3. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/3)
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